Abstract: The innovative concept described herein relates to a magnetic angle sensor system having a rotatable shaft, a permanent magnet coupled to the rotatable shaft, and a magnetic field sensor arranged opposite the permanent magnet, wherein the magnetic field sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field prevailing in its detection region. The magnetic angle sensor system comprises means for reducing and/or compensating for an inhomogeneous stray field component of a per se homogeneous external magnetic stray field.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical terminal defining a pair of retaining ridges, a connector housing having a terminal cavity extending therethrough from a first opening to a second opening and a fixed terminal lock nib that projects inwardly into the terminal cavity from a rigid first wall to engage a first ridge of the pair of retaining ridges of the electrical terminal, and a terminal retainer inserted within the connector housing proximate the first opening and removably retained to the connector housing by a flexible retaining arm. The terminal retainer further includes a flexible terminal lock arm having a moveable terminal lock nib that projects inwardly into the terminal cavity from the flexible terminal lock arm to engage a second ridge of the pair of retaining ridges of the electrical terminal, thereby inhibiting removal of the electrical terminal from the terminal cavity through the second opening.

Abstract: An electromagnetic switchable clutch includes a dog clutch, a one-way clutch and a coil assembly. The dog clutch includes a dog clutch hub with a first outer spline and first pockets, a dog clutch disc with a second outer spline and a dog clutch sleeve with an inner spline, complementary to the first outer spline and the second outer spline. The inner spline is drivingly engaged with the first outer spline and axially displaceable to engage the second outer spline. The one-way clutch includes a cam ring and pawls. The cam ring includes second pockets. The pawls are disposed the first pockets or the second pockets and arranged to engage the other of the first pockets or the second pockets to rotationally lock the cam ring to the dog clutch hub in a single rotational direction. The coil assembly is arranged to axially displace the dog clutch sleeve.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an internal combustion engine having multiple camshaft control units which are connected to one another in a line by a first network topology and via which a crankshaft signal can be transmitted in unprocessed, amplified or conditioned form. The camshaft control units are designed to suppress forwarding of the crankshaft signal in a first state and to forward or to replicate the crankshaft signal and to send an additional signal in a second state. The disclosure also relates to a method for logically assigning the camshaft control units to the camshafts to be adjusted by them.

Abstract: A stator, comprising a stator body with a plurality of stator teeth arranged distributed over the periphery and stator slots formed between the stator teeth and extending through the stator body in the axial direction, wherein a stator winding with a plurality of electrical conductors is arranged in the stator slots, and the stator slots have a slot base at their radially outer end along their radial extent and a slot opening at their radially inner end, and the electrical conductors of the stator winding have a width and a height in cross section, wherein the width is greater than the height, and the electrical conductors are arranged in the stator slots in such a way that their width extends in the circumferential direction and their height extends in the radial direction in the stator slots, it being possible for a cooling fluid to flow through at least one of the stator slots.

Abstract: An electric drive unit includes an electric motor and a housing that houses the electric motor. The housing includes a heat exchanging wall portion that includes an inner surface that defines a fluid jacket cavity for conveying a first fluid and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface and that defines a fluid chamber for conveying a second fluid. The heat is transferred between the first and second fluids through the heat exchanging wall portion.

Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a housing having an annular interior portion, a bearing disposed radially inboard of the annular interior portion and operable to move axially along the annular interior portion, a first retainer operable between an assembled condition, wherein the first retainer extends axially along the annular interior portion a first distance, and a removed condition, and a second retainer operable between an assembled condition, wherein the second retainer extends axially along the annular interior portion a second distance, and a removed condition.

Abstract: A consumer device is described, comprising a sensor which is adapted to register sensor data that describe a physical behavior of an authentication chip of a consumable component, an authentication circuit which is adapted to implement a machine learning model that is trained to classify consumable components with the aid of sensor data that describe the physical behavior of authentication chips of the consumable components into originals and copies, to deliver the registered sensor data to the machine learning model, and to authorize the use of the consumable component by the consumer device depending on whether the machine learning model classifies the consumable component as original.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for fabricating a semiconductor wafer includes: epitaxially growing a III-V semiconductor on a first surface of a foreign wafer having a thickness tw, the first surface being capable of supporting the epitaxial growth of at least one III-V semiconductor layer, the wafer having a second surface opposing the first surface; removing portions of the III-V semiconductor to produce a plurality of mesas including the III-V semiconductor arranged on the first surface of the wafer; applying an insulation layer to regions of the wafer arranged between the mesas; and progressively removing portions of the second surface of the wafer, exposing the insulation layer in regions adjacent the mesas and producing a worked second surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a carrier having two main surfaces situated opposite one another, a circuit, having at least one resistance element, in and/or on the carrier, wherein the at least one resistance element has a longitudinal axis extending vertically between the main surfaces of the carrier, and a current limiting circuit configured to limit a current flowing through the resistance element to a value at which it is ensured that an electrical resistance of the resistance element remains substantially unchanged.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a package includes forming an adhesion promoter on at least part of an electronic component. The adhesion promoter is a morphological adhesion promoter including a morphological structure having a plurality of openings. The method further includes at least partially encapsulating the electronic component with an inorganic encapsulant with the adhesion promoter in between. The adhesion promoter enhances adhesion between at least part of the electronic component and the encapsulant.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a radar system is described comprising a radar receiver configured to receive radio signals, a range Fourier transform stage configured to generate, for each of a plurality of chirps, a vector of range Fourier transform coefficients, a machine learning model configured to generate, for each of one or more additional chirps, a vector of range Fourier transform coefficients from the vectors of Fourier transform coefficients generated for the plurality of chirps, and an object detector configured to perform velocity estimation of one or more detected objects using the Fourier transform coefficients generated by the machine learning model.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes a charging coil, an electronics housing, and a top side. The charging coil housing houses a charging coil and includes a top surface, wherein the charging coil wirelessly transmits power to a receiver placed on the top surface of the charging coil housing. The electronics housing houses one or more electronics and a fan. The top side is located adjacent to the electronics housing, wherein a top surface of the top side faces a bottom surface of the receiver. An intake cooling path is defined by a region between the bottom surface of the receiver and the top surface of the top side and an exhaust cooling path is located on a side of the charging coil housing opposite the intake cooling path and defined by a region between the receiver and the top surface of the top side.

Abstract: One example implementation of a mirror system comprises a carrier, and a first chip package arranged on a surface of the carrier and comprising a first MEMS mirror. Furthermore, the mirror system comprises a second chip package arranged on the surface of the carrier and comprising a second MEMS mirror. The mirror system furthermore comprises a reflective element arranged over the surface of the carrier and above the first chip package and the second chip package in such a way that a radiation that is incident in the mirror system and is reflected by the first MEMS mirror in the direction of the reflective element is reflected by the reflective element in the direction of the second MEMS mirror.

Abstract: A clutch for selectively coupling a motor and a motor vehicle drive train includes a housing having two pressure chambers, a shift sleeve, an actuating cap arranged for moving the shift sleeve, a piston, an idler gear and a mechanical engaging element. The piston is arranged in the housing between the two pressure chambers in a pressure-dependent, axially movable manner and is connected to the actuating cap. The mechanical engaging element is arranged between an axially movable component and an axially fixed component to engage the shift sleeve in two different axial positions. The axially movable component may be the shift sleeve or the piston, and the axially fixed component may be the housing or the idler gear.

Abstract: A pendulum rocker damper includes an axis of rotation, a first outer connection, a primary side connected to the first outer connection, a second outer connection, a secondary side connected to the second outer connection, a rocker element, a rocker-side roller track, an outer roller track complementary to the rocker-side roller track, a roller arranged to roll on the roller tracks, and first and second energy storage elements. The first energy storage element is arranged to pretension the roller against the rocker-side roller track and the outer roller track. The second energy storage element is arranged in the roller, or in the rocker-side roller track or in the outer roller track, and arranged to pretension the roller against one of the rocker-side roller track or the outer roller track when the first energy storage element is in a resting position.

Abstract: A vehicle steering system is provided that includes a bar with threads and an anti-rotation section. An actuator having a ball nut configured to engage the threads of the bar such that the rotation of the ball nut moves the bar longitudinally along a bar axis to move one or more wheels of a vehicle. A sleeve is disposed on the anti-rotation section of the bar and non-rotatably engages the threads of the bar such that the bar is prevented from rotating about the bar axis.

Abstract: An oil collecting tray includes a disc-shaped tray bottom, an annular collecting portion, recesses, snap elements and axially protruding ribs. The disc-shaped tray bottom includes a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and radially protruding body portions. Each of the body portions includes an oil supply opening. The annular collecting portion projects axially from the first side. The annular collecting portion and the disc-shaped tray bottom are arranged to define a collection space, and the annular collecting portion delimits a radial outside of the collection space. The recesses are arranged on the second side, and each one is arranged between a pair of the body portions. Each of the snap elements protrudes axially from one of the recesses. The ribs are arranged on the first side and each one is arranged opposite one of the snap elements.

Abstract: A package including a component for a package is disclosed. In one example, wherein the component comprises a functional body, and a wettability layer arranged on a main surface of the functional body and configured for promoting wetting of a connection medium to be applied on the wettability layer for connecting the component with a further component of the package. The wettability layer has a lateral circumference at least part of which having a concave edge.

Abstract: A method for waterproofing a substrate having a substantially vertical surface using an adhesive element and a waterproof membrane. The adhesive element includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer coated and a release liner covering one of the primary exterior surfaces of the adhesive layer. In the method, the adhesive element is applied to the surface of the substrate followed by adhering the waterproof membrane to the substrate via the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.